Warriors (5-5) at Mavs (6-5) 11/19/12 7pm CST

[EricaLubarsky]

I didn't want to create this GDT with my marred record, but the game is a scant 6 hours away. Similar records, similar floundering. Mavs are just killer at home (4-1) and the Warriors are only average on the road (3-3).

Warriors 26th in the league in defensive FG%
Mavericks 21st in the league in defensive FG%

Dallas 3rd in 3pt FG%
Warriors 26th in 3pt FG%

Dallas 1st in 3pt defense
Golden State 11th in 3pt defense

Golden State is 11th in rebound differential.
Dallas is 24th

Dallas at home 51% FG, 44% from three, 13TOs
Warriors on the road 44% FG, 26% from three, 16TOs

Two bad defenses collide. One scores well inside but has no outside game. The other is balanced but very strong on the perimeter. We're going to have to up our inside game for rebounding and interior defense where they have the advantage and use our enormous advantage shooting threes to space the floor. Brand will hopefully match up well against Landry. Kaman and James will have to play hard for boards against David Lee. Wright may have a rough time against the bulky, powerful, hard-rebounding front line of the Warriors.

Stats to watch: TOs, RebDiff, 3pt%